Elliott Smith - Passing Feeling

[SVTristan]

elliott was clean by this point, guys

[MusicbyMitar]

took a long time to stand, took an hour to fall...

that sound like my life for the last 4 months

[PharodWormhair]

This is one of the saddest songs I have ever heard.

[krazyllah]

i wonder if there's still some unreleased material from him out there... i'd love to hear more. ps: the defeat he depicts in this song is sad :<

[jcupsmells1]

@krazyllah there is tons of un released stuff one of my faces is elliott smith dancing on the highway, or staind glass eyes, theres aloooooot of stuff

[benin17]

i like how he improvised for the electric guitar at the end part with his humming man he knew people wanted to hear that elliotts the man MAN

[xXxBibblexXx]

Anyone else notice him either pop a pill or rub some heroin on his gums? It's in the last few seconds as he comes back up. Elliott you were an outstanding artist with a tormented yet beautiful soul, may you rest in peace.

[kieran514]

@xXxBibblexXx i see him check the setlist by his side and then put his hand to his mouth as he thinks about it

[Ms3abden]

@xXxBibblexXx

I'm fairly certain he had been clean for some time. Maybe not at this point, but. . . yeah. But interesting observation.

[VincentPrice111]

@xXxBibblexXx I agree with what Kieran5149 says. honestly because some one does drugs you think they, Elliott Smith of all people would do it in concert after he was supposedly clean.

For shame.

[MitchGettman]

Does anyone have the version of Shooting Star from this show?

[timurlikir]

@MitchGettman I do, its the best version

[PpPayton379]

why does he say face out at the end?

[emissionspectra]

@PpPayton379 He says, "fades out". And that's exactly what the album version does.

[emissionspectra]

@PpPayton379 He says, "fades out". Which is exactly what the album version does.

[maugola]

I really wish he was still alive. I really do feel like crying.

[andrewptob]

I've always wondered what Elliott's mixes would have been like for songs like these. I think his family and friends did a good job, but it's a shame he didn't get a chance to see his vision through for the Basement songs.

[creativitycries]

man this comments suck.why comments? dressrehearsalrags especially.listen to the music and stfu.

[jcupsmells1]

have u ever have a favorite artist and thought they would be ur fave forever? well many years ago i had a favorite but it faded. elliot is now my fave but he will never fade, now 3 years after discovering elliott it is a privilage and a bright part of my days to listen to his music.

[abraham40A]

i only wish i had the chance to meet this wonderful person. He was pure beauty

[rc679987]

if only he knew how great, and important he was but he couldn't get out of his own way

[sensii8]

thank you

[xtoffee92x]

still i send all the time..

my request for relief..

down a dead powerline..

that's so sad.

love elliott.

[whitestripebuzz]

how did this man think of all these gorgeous songs. superhuman.

[dressrehearsalrags]

I think it's called opium.

i.e. Google "Kuba Khan" by 19th century poet Samuel Coleridge - it's simply sublime verse, and was written on opium. There are plenty of other amazing writers and musicians who have used it also.

Elliott of course was a long-time opiate user.

[whitestripebuzz]

I know Elliott used Heroin but I doubt he used Opium.

[dressrehearsalrags]

Fair call - the difference is probably substantial, however, as heroine is an derivative of morphine (the most active alkaloid in opium) it's questionable as to whether the affect would be so very different.

[karmacomacure]

@dressrehearsalrags oh please listen to yourself, he was incredible because he just was. drugs don't make anyone a genius, drugs only make it easier to get it out. he was the best from day one, his entire life he was a musical fucking GENIUS. he started writing his own songs as a child and was composing amazing piano pieces by the time he was 11 yrs old. maybe you need some opium it might help you shut up

[dressrehearsalrags]

I'm talking about his lyrical ability. Have you read "opium and the romantic imagination" . It's theme is the romantic poets f the 19th century, that took opium. what the had in comon was the ability to transform very vivid dreams into verse. the same kind of beautiful and vivid imagary is all through elliotts albums. dig?

[mellowtonen]

"everything is gone but the echo of a burst of a shell"

For some reason to me it sounds like a reference to shooting yourself.....thats just what I think he meant by that and then afterwards you are stuck waiting for "a passing feeling" to pass away. very sad lyrics but Elliott is the best songwriter/musician to ever be.

[tatelabianca]

i sorta think the same way. could be. either way, what a song. fades out. . . it fades out.

[kidicarusss]

AWEsome!!!!!!!

[mikeydrumz]

Such a beautiful song...

[Stillillgal]

Took a long time to stand - Took an hour to fall

[andrewptob]

All that talent that I would kill for and he goes and kills himself! WTF, Elliott!

[Fnexxi]

srsly dude you don't want to feel his innermost convictions. I'm crying to this track

[TheMarbleIndex3000]

emo fucker.

[theasianyee]

Still I send all the time

My request for relief

Down the dead power line

Though I'm beyond belief

In the help I require

Just to exist at all

Took a long time to stand

Took an hour to fall

[isolationeitheror]

"im stuck here waiting for a passing feeling"

[isolationeitheror]

i love this out-tro

[TheTinkers91]

What makes things worst is that the trash treasury is gone...

[vuvaladusi]

the thing that's striking me about his music now, after giving it a "break" for about four years is...

his chord progressions... were really not orthodox at all very interesting passing notes between chords

[cartographersband]

Every time I think everything's been done I just look at anyone one of his songs. I love the verse which drifts between F and D and the chorus in C. He was a regular Brian Wilson, I swear.

[mooninites755]

how can any single person be this brilliant?

[ShokyShrox]

Haha, "then it fades out"

[bosomfondler]

that was hilarious

[underglassm00ns]

Listen to how quiet the crowd is. =/

That says so much about who he was.

[chopinguppy]

aw!i love elliot!

[Galefox]

Still waiting for someone with his talent... have a feeling I'll be waiting forever.

[badtracking]

@Galefox Stop waiting, he's irreplaceable.

[whitestripebuzz]

@Galefox I have a feeling there are people out there with mind blowing talent, it's just record companies aren't willing to gamble on there marketability. So instead they are confined to playing clubs for the rest of there life to a lucky few.

[Vamphaery]

I emphatically thank you for posting these. Anything new of his that I haven't already seen is always wonderful to see.

[meowmixX23]

omg thank you so much for posting!!!

[zwfwrestling]

so you are the taper! awesome!

would it be possible for you to upload this in DVD quality at some point? just for the lossless heads? you know how youtube compresses the video quality and all that i hope.

even if not, thanks so much for bringing your camera and saving this magical evening.

[brapizzandon]

beautiful. miss him.